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screen and eats pieces of ''candy''. When a piece is eaten, the worm grows by
one segment. If the worm runs into the wall, or runs into itself, the worm dies
and the game is over. As time increases, the speed of the worm increases. You
should focus on the states of the application, but not the worm. Start from the
initial state (application is not initialized) and the final state (application is
destroyed). Define the states between these two. Then connect states with
events and transitions (events can come to the game from the ''outside'' also).
Consider, for example, the following events:
• Start game
• Stop game
• Restart game
• Worm died
• Candy eaten
• Timer tick
Are there any other events or transitions, such as time events, signals, or self-
transitions?
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